CARMEL
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: A Carmel Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday, May 27th. The parade will form at the Carmel Elementary School and start at 11 AM. Parade participants will march through Carmel village to the Memorial at the Carmel Town Office on Route 2, where a memorial ceremony will be conducted by American Legion Post #107. State Representative Roger Reed will be the guest speaker and music will be provided by the Hermon High School marching band. All veterans, organizations, and townspeople are welcome to attend and participate. The traditional free public luncheon will be offered at the fire station following the parade.
GREENVILLE
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: The Cecil R. Cole American Legion Post 94 will host a Memorial Day parade and remembrance ceremonies in Greenville on Monday, May 27th. The parade will form at the American Legion Hall at 218 Pritham Avenue and will begin at 12 PM. Greenville High Band will provide the marching music for the parade, which will include area Scouts and emergency personnel. All who wish to honor the town’s Veterans are invited to attend and participate. The parade route will travel through town on Route 15 to Moosehead Lake and the Steamship Katahdin. A ceremony will be held aboard ship. The parade will then march back down Route 15 to the Greenville Town Honor Roll, where a brief wreath-laying ceremony will occur. They will then proceed to the Greenville Cemetery for a final ceremony, after which the group will disband.
SANGERVILLE
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: A parade hosted by the Sangerville American Legion Post 165 and the Guilford American Legion Post 119 will be held in Sangerville on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th, beginning at 8:30 AM. Parade participants will meet at the Old Mill on Dexter Road and will march to the bridge for a brief remembrance ceremony. The route will proceed to the Sangerville Cemetery for a wreath-laying. All who would like to honor our Veterans, including scout troops, active and retired military members and townspeople are invited to attend.
GUILFORD
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: A Memorial Day parade will be held in Guilford on Monday, May 27th, organized by the Sangerville American Legion Post 165 and the Guilford American Legion Post 119. All interested participants should meet before 9:30 AM at Drakes Restaurant, where the parade will begin. The parade will march though Guilford to the town cemetery and then the Honor Roll for wreath-laying ceremonies. The public is invited to attend to remember their town’s veterans.
ABBOT
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: There will be a Memorial Day Parade starting at 10:30 AM in the town of Abbot on Monday, May 27th. Forming at the town hall, the parade will travel through Abbot to the town cemetery for a brief remembrance ceremony. All townspeople who would like to remember and honor the town’s veterans are invited to attend and participate.
UNITY
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: The Benjamin Berry Post #50 in Unity will be hosting the Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27th. The parade will start at 9 AM at the Unity Elementary School on School Street. Any one marching should be at the school by 8:30 AM to assemble. The parade route travels on School Street to the blinking light on Main Street, turns left and goes along Main Street to the intersection of Depot and Main Street. There a wreath will be placed on the Unity Veteran’s Memorial. The group will then march across to Kanokolus Lane to the Pond Cemetery, where the honor guard for the American Legion will place a memorial wreath at the grave site of Benjamin Berry, offer a prayer and perform a rifle salute. The parade will then return via the same route back to the Unity Elementary School.
Additional parade participants are being sought for the parade, such as bands, Scout troops, ball teams, floats, clowns, antique cars, patriotic groups, ATV clubs, decorated bicycles, fire trucks, horses and wagons. The theme for any float is Patriotism and Memorial Day. For more information, contact Ron Cropley at 948-2524 or Lee Spaulding at 948-2123.
NORTH NEWPORT
MEMORIAL SERVICE: The North Newport Christian Church will hold its annual Memorial Day Service on Sunday, May 26th at 2 PM. All Veterans, members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary and members of the VFW are especially invited. Pastor Al Worden will lead the service. Fred Partridge will provide vocal music, and Marie Dow will accompany the hymn singing. Julie Brownie will be planning the refreshments and will also prepare information about two of her relatives, the Shepardsons, who served our country. The church is located at 560 Mullen Road/Route 222. Everyone is welcome to attend.
ETNA
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY: The Etna Memorial Day Ceremony will be held on Monday, May 27th at 10 AM. Participants will convene at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery on Route 143, where a brief ceremony will be conducted by American Legion Post #107. Music will be provided by the Etna- Dixmont School marching band. In case of inclement weather, the service will be held inside the Etna-Dixmont School. All veterans, organizations, and townspeople are welcome to attend.
ROCKWOOD/SHIRLEY
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY: The Cecil R. Cole America Legion Post 94 will hold Memorial Day remembrances at Rockwood and Shirley cemeteries on Monday, May 27th. Prayers and wreath-laying ceremonies will begin at 9 AM at the Rockwood Ceremony. Another presentation will follow at 10 AM on the Richard Francis Lavigne Bridge on Route 15 between Rockwood and Shirley. The group will reconvene at the Shirley Cemetery at 11 AM for a remembrance ceremony, after which the Legion members and other participants will travel to Greenville for a parade and ceremonies there.
HARTLAND
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: The Steeves-McCormack American Legion Post 141 will hold a Memorial Day Parade and ceremony in Hartland on Monday, May 27th. The parade kicks off at 9 AM at the Hartland Tannery Annex. The parade route will stop at the cemetery for Taps and Firing Squad, continue to Pittsfield Avenue Square for Taps and Firing Squad, and then proceed to Warren Square for the laying of the wreath, rising of colors and a prayer. This year’s parade will feature the Nokomis Regional High Marching Band.
ST. ALBANS
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: The Steeves-McCormack American Legion Post 141 will hold a Memorial Day Parade and ceremony in St. Albans on Monday, May 27th. This year’s parade music will be provided by the Nokomis Regional High Marching Band. The parade will kick off at 10 AM at the Indian Stream Hardware parking lot, and proceed to the Cemetery Road for Taps and a Firing Squad. The parade will then travel up Main Street to the Monument for the laying of the wreath, Taps, Firing Squad and a prayer. To complete the route, the parade will march around St. Albans town square to their starting point.
DEXTER
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: Memorial services honoring our deceased veterans will be conducted in Dexter on Monday, May 27th, at the Veterans Memorial Park on Dam Street, presented by the American Legion and the VFW. Town Manager, Linda-Jean Briggs, will deliver the memorial address. Musical selections by the Dexter Regional High School band will follow the memorial ceremony. Local Scout groups, veterans, active members of the armed forces and all organizations are especially invited to participate. Vehicles are welcome in the parade for those unable to march. Several convertibles will be available for anyone wishing to honor our veterans by riding in the parade.
Parade assembly will be in the municipal parking lot behind the Bangor Savings Bank, with step-off at 10 AM. The parade will exit the parking lot onto Lower Main Street, proceed up Main Street to the traffic light, turn onto Church Street and march to Dam Street and the Veterans Memorial Park. Following the memorial services at the park, the parade will re-assemble on Dam and Grove Streets and march back to the starting point at the parking lot.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will serve a lunch after the parade at the VFW home on Cedar Street.
CAMBRIDGE
EAST WEST CORRIDOR MEETING: The “Stop the East West Corridor” group will be holding their next meeting at the Cambridge Town Office on Thursday, May 23rd from 5 to 8 PM. Those who would like to learn more about it are welcome. For more information, call 277-4221 or 277-5335. The town office is located at 202 Ripley Road.
CLINTON
BOOK SALE: A book sale will be held on Saturday, May 25th at the Brown Memorial Library in Clinton. Hundreds of titles will be available to browse through and buy, with something for everyone. The sale runs from 9 AM to 1 PM. For more information, call 426-8686. The library is located at 53 Railroad Street.
PUBLIC TACK SALE: The Sebasticook Riding Club will be holding a public tack sale on Saturday, May 25th at their show grounds, 1450 Bangor Road in Clinton, from 10 AM to 2 PM. If you have tack to sell, table space is available by contacting club president Pat McCollor at 872-5301.
CORINNA
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: Corinna American Legion Post 73 will sponsor a Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27th. The parade participants will assemble at the Corinna Village Cemetery on Route 222 at 8 AM, with the parade set to begin at 8:30 AM. Parade music will be provided by the combined Sebasticook Valley Middle School and Somerset Valley Middle School marching bands. After a service at the cemetery, the parade will march down Route 222, turn left onto Route 7 and proceed across to the bridge. At that point a memorial ceremony featuring the Nokomis Regional High JROTC Color Guard and a Firing Squad will be held. The parade will end at the Veterans Memorial near the Stewart Free Library. All veterans, scout groups and other patriots are invited to march.
BOY SCOUT YARD SALE: The 4th Annual Troop 59 Boy Scout Yard Sale will be held in Corinna on Friday, May 24th and Saturday, May 25th, at 194 Dexter Road. The sale will run from 8 AM to 5 PM both days. Proceeds will go to help the Scouts go to Scout Camp this summer. All donations of clean, sellable items are appreciated. No TVs, computers or devices, please. For more information, contact the Watsons at 278-3401.
DIXMONT
DONATIONS SOUGHT: Donations of items are being accepted for a yard sale to be held on Saturday, June 8th. The event is sponsored by the Dixmont United Methodist Church and will run from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Louis I. Bussey Schoolhouse, located at 994 Western Avenue in Dixmont. For more information call Sonia at 234-2271.
DOVER-FOXCROFT
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES: There will be joint Memorial Day services held by the Daughters and Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. The services will be held on Saturday, May 25th at 10 am at the Dover Cemetery. The Daughters of Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23 will be honoring their namesake, Sarah Elizabeth Palmer. The Sons of Daniel Chaplin Camp will honor James T. Roberts, a Coast Guard Infantryman from Foxcroft. Both groups will be conducting their memorial services in addition to wreath laying. Both services are open to the public.
DONATIONS SOUGHT: Living Word Community Food Cupboard in Dover- Foxcroft will have a giant yard sale on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st from 9 am to 3 PM, rain or shine. All proceeds will go to the Food Cupboard. If you have any donations, please contact Pastor Bruce at 717-5319.
GREENVILLE
WOODSMAN’S BREAKFAST: The Cecil R. Cole Post 94 of the American Legion will host a Woodsman’s Breakfast on Sunday, May 26th from 7 to 10 AM. The “All You Can Eat”?menu will include eggs, pancakes, French toast, home fries, bacon, sausage, homemade baked beans, homemade donuts, coffee, tea, juice and milk. Cost of the meal is $8 for all persons over the age of 10, $4 for ages 5 to 10 and those under 5 eat for free. The American Legion hall is located at 218 Pritham Avenue in Greenville.
GUILFORD
BENEFIT YARD SALE AND BARBECUE: The Partnership Food Pantry will be holding a fundraising event on Saturday, May 25th. A Pre-Open House is planned in conjunction with a yard sale and barbecue to raise funds for food and building renovations. The yard sale will run from 8 AM to 4 PM. The barbecue will be by donation, from 12 to 4 PM. The Partnership Food Pantry is located at 84 Elm Street in Guilford.
MONSON
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: A Memorial Day parade and ceremonies will be held in Monson, hosted by the Towne-Holmbom American Legion Post 116. The parade will form on Monday, May 27th at 8 AM at Hebron Heights and march down Main Street in Monson. Accompanied by the Foxcroft Academy Band, the parade will travel to the Church Cemetery where a remembrance ceremony including prayers and a wreath-laying will be held. All who wish to honor veterans are invited to participate.
FINN HALL DANCE: A Traditional Finn Dance will be held on Saturday, May 25th at the Finn Hall on Route 15, south of Monson. Running from 7:30 to 10:30 PM, music will be provided by Alexandra and Toby. Cost to attend the event is $8, with children 12 and under admitted for $4. The public is invited to come enjoy dancing, music, refreshments and friends, old and new. For more information, call 997-3639 or 343-0388.
CANAAN
CONTRA DANCE: Canaan Farmers Hall will hold a Contra Dance on Saturday, May 25th. Beginner lessons are offered at 7:30 PM and the dance begins at 8 PM. Admission is $7 per person, with a $20 family maximum cost. No partners are necessary for a contra dance, and all dances are taught. Music will be provided by Twisted Strings and the calling by John McIntire. Canaan Farmers Hall is located on Main Street/Route 2 in Canaan Village. For more information, call Scott at 399-8454, email canaanfarmershall@gmail.com or visit the website at www.canaanmaine.com.
NEWPORT
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: Newport VFW Post 11191 and the Newport American Legion Post 105 will be hosting the 2013 Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27th. All are invited to participate in this annual celebration and remembrance of our Veterans. The Parade Committee is looking for additional participants such as marching units, veterans groups and auxiliaries, antique cars or trucks, classic vehicles, clubs and civic organizations, horses, carriages, fire trucks, floats and walking groups. If you are interested in participating or need more information please call Gary Braley at 356-2637 before Wednesday, May 22nd. Line up will begin at 9 AM in Gilman Electric parking lot, located on Route 2/Main Street near the traffic lights. The parade will step off at 10 AM sharp, with the route planned for Main and Elm Streets. The Nokomis JROTC will lead the parade with our National Colors. Parade organizers request that everyone show the proper respect due, by rising as the flags pass by with your hand over your heart or a proper hand salute. The combined Sebasticook Valley Middle School and Somerset Valley Middle School marching bands will provide the parade music. This year’s Grand Marshall will be WWII veteran Phil Brown, Sr. The parade will stop on the Donald Sidney Skidgel Memorial Bridge, where the National Anthem will be played, followed by a guest speaker. Al Worden will then lead the assembled in a prayer, followed by a 21 gun salute and Taps. The parade will end at Newport American Legion Post 105 hall on North Street. Food and refreshments will be offered at no cost there after the parade.
PLANT AND BAKE SALE: Sebasticook Garden Club will hold a plant and bake sale on Saturday, May 25th, rain or shine, from 9 AM until they are sold out. The sale will be located at Bud’s Shop ‘n Save in Newport. They will have annuals, perennials and houseplants for sale.
BOOK AND BAKE SALE: The Newport Cultural Center Friends of the Library will hold their 4th Annual Memorial Day Book and Bake Sale on Monday, May 27th. Set up at the NCC on Main Street, the sale will run from 9 AM to 12 PM. In addition to a wide variety of books, the public is invited to come prepared to also purchase a treat, with all monies earned for the benefit of the library.
SPARKLE 2013 PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT: The Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce is seeking non-profit organizations to apply as this year’s participants in their annual fundraising event, Sparkle 2013. The SVCC works with twelve non-profit organizations, all of whom benefit from the proceeds. Sparkle 2013 will be held on November 2nd at the Moosehead Trail Motor Lodge in Dexter. All applications must be returned to the Chamber by Friday, May 31st. The application forms are located on the right side of the Chambers’s website at www.ourchamber.org, under “Forms-Sparkle Application.” For more information, please call the SVCC at 368-4698 or email info@ourchamber.org.
PITTSFIELD
MEMORIAL CELEBRATION: Following the morning worship service on Sunday, May 26th, members of the Pittsfield Church of the Nazarene will hold a Memorial Day Cook-out. All are invited to bring your own hot dogs, hamburgers or a side dish and join them. Drinks will be provided. The church is located at 200 Central Street.
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: Members of the Burns W. Knowlton American Legion Post 32 would like to remind residents that the Memorial Day Parade in?Pittsfield will be Monday,?May 27th. Parade participants will meet at 9 AM at the former Corner Cupboard parking lot on North Main Street, with the parade stepping off at 10 AM. Warsaw Middle School Band will march and play during the parade. The group will stop on the bridge to throw a wreath in the water, honoring Navy sailors who have died. The parade will march down Main Street, with pauses planned at the Veterans Monument in Veterans Park and at the Civil War Statue, located at the Pittsfield Memorial Library. The Maine Central Institute Band will perform at that point. Continuing on to the Village Cemetery on Peltoma Avenue, a final ceremony will be held. Words of prayer and placement of a wreath will occur at each of the stops along the parade route.
Cars will be available for any war veteran that wants to participate. Those wishing to march in honor of the veterans, including the boy scouts and girl scouts, are invited to participate. Everyone who marches will meet at the Sebasticook Valley Elks Lodge at 26 Middle Street for refreshments after the parade.
BOOK SALE: The Friends of the Pittsfield Public Library are holding a “One Day Used Book Sale” on Friday, May 24th from 10 AM to 6 PM. Many great adult and children’s books from personal collections will be for sale, as well as discards from the library shelves. Used audio books, videos and music will also be available. The public is invited to come early for the best selection. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Friends of the Pittsfield Public Library and their support for library activities. For more information, please call the library at 487-5880.
VENDOR TABLES AVAILABLE: Vendors and crafters are being invited to participate in the Indoor Yard Sale being hosted by the MSAD#53 PreK-4 PTO. The deadline to reserve a table at $10 each is Friday, May 24th. The indoor yard sale will take place on Saturday, June 8th from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Warsaw gym on School Street in Pittsfield, with set-up starting at 8 AM. Please contact Amanda Gillis at 416-2087.
ART DISPLAY: There is an art display of Altered Books at the Pittsfield Public Library now through May 31st. The art was created by the students of Kim Bentley’s Art Appreciation class at Kennebec Valley Community College.
LEVANT
YARD SALE TO BENEFIT ANIMALS: An ongoing summer yard sale will be held in Levant to benefit animal shelters in need of assistance. Beginning on Saturday, May 25th at 3885 Union Street, across the street from the Treworgy Family Orchards. Proceeds from donated items will go to support the Orono/Old Town Animal Shelter. Additional funds will be sent to the East Brunswick, New Jersey?shelter, which is still in need after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. The sale will run daily from 8 AM to 3:30 PM, until the end of August. Donations of clean, sellable items in good condition will be gladly accepted. For more information, call Millie at 884-4672.
PALMYRA
BEAN-HOLE-BEAN SUPPER: St. Martin’s traditional bean-hole-bean supper wil be held on Saturday, May 25th from 4:30 to 6 PM. The menu includes beans, franks, potato salad, coleslaw, traditional trimmings and homemade pies. Cost of the meal is $7, and $4 for children under the age of 12. St. Martin’s Church is located at 900 Main Street in Palmyra, is handicapped accessible and has ample parking.